2006 Upper Mississippi Mash-Out reults are online!

The RESULTS from the 2006 Upper Mississippi Mash-Out are online! http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mashout/2006mashout.htm <BLOCKED::BLOCKED::BLOCKED::BLOCKED::BLOCKED::http://www.mnbrewers.com/event s/mashout/2006mashout.htm> The Upper Mississippi Mash-Out was held this weekend, Jan 20-21, in St. Paul, Minnesota. * We judged 561 entries from 21 different states * 96 Mash-Out volunteers helped from 7 different states * We awarded 84 medals, one for each of the 28 BJCP Beer, Mead and Cider categories * We also awarded 6 more medals for the NEW BREWER category, and the EIS-ANYTHING category * We awarded 5 MORE medals to the 5 brewpubs who donated to our volunteers' "Indoor Pub Crawl" on Friday * We awarded 2 hand-made, laser-engraved Mash-Out Chalices for Best-of-Show, one for Beer, one for Mead-Cider * We awarded another hand-made, laser-engraved chalice for the Midwest Brewer of the Year program * Entries came from 162 unique brewing teams. * We awarded over $3000 worth of prizes to brewers from 37 different sponsors * Over $1000 worth of door prizes were distributed at the awards ceremony * 100 6-course dinners were served at our Saturday night Beer Banquet * 288 commemorative "Five Years of Pour Decisions" pint glasses were given away * 45 collectors item 5th Anniversary t-shirts were purchases THANKS TO EVERYONE who entered and helped out!!! If you weren't there - SORRY YOU MISSED THE PARTY!!! See you next year - Jan 26-27, 2007 - St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mashout/ <BLOCKED::BLOCKED::BLOCKED::BLOCKED::BLOCKED::http://www.mnbrewers.com/event s/mashout/>